I created this blog to share some of the hard-to-find items in my collection. I only intend to share music that is out of print and therefore unavailable through the normal commercial channels. Many of these records were originally issued on tiny labels that have long since vanished. Some of them were virtually self-produced, or amounted to little more than demo tapes for the artist. If you see anything here that doesn't fall into the above categories, feel free to let me know in the comments section and I'll take it down. -Chris

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Stephen Stills - "Stills Alone" - 1991

I'm not sure what the deal is with Stills - I'm not up on the tabloid gossip, so maybe it's common knowledge that he's like, a drunk, or super lazy or maybe just nuts, but there's got to be some reason why a guy would make a record as good as this one, and then not put out another solo record for the next 14 years, meanwhile letting this one go out of print. It just don't make sense to me. I could eat up another 4 or 5 records of just Stills singing and playing solo. What the hell is he doing out there? If Van Morrison can fart out a record a year of him complaining about how hard it is to be rich and famous, if Dylan can keep getting away with re-arranging old blues lyrics and muttering apocalyptic nonsense, we should be able to get a few more records out of Stills. Get your ass back in the studio, Steve. And bring the acoustic guitar...

1. Isn't It So2. Everybody's Talking3. Just Isn't Like You4. In My Life5. The Ballad of Hollis Brown6. Singin' Call7. The Right Girl8. Blind Fiddler Medley: The Blind Fiddler/Do for the Others/Know You Go9. Amazonia10. Treetop Flyer